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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (991267)	1/1/2017 7:17:41 PM
From: Brumar89	3 Recommendations Recommended By POKERSAM Stock Puppy Thomas A Watson Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570751

I don't care. / WaPo Reporter’s Darwin Award Bid Falls Short We have another also-ran in the Darwin Award competition. Washington Compost propagandist David A. Farenthold didn’t come as close to permanently removing himself from the gene pool as Jose Vaca did, but the staggering level of stupidity is comparable: Among the clutter on the coffee table, I found my 4-year-old’s Party Popper, a bright yellow gun that fired confetti. For some reason, I held the gun up to my eye and looked down the barrel, the way Yosemite Sam always does. It looked unloaded. Then, for some reason, I pulled the trigger. When I got to the ER, I had a swollen face, metal-foil confetti in my hair and a faint odor of gun smoke. Toy manufacturers need to be aware that toys meant for little kids could fall into the hands of WaPo reporters, with dangerous results. Farenthold’s misadventure ended in a scratched cornea. At least he is now familiar with gun safety Rule #1: Always Put on Safety Goggles Before Looking Down the Barrel and Pulling the Trigger. Unsurprisingly, Farenthold feels qualified to hold forth on the topic of gun ownership. Even less surprisingly, he cluelessly refers to the AR-15 as an “assault weapon.” If Farenthold’s reporting ever brings him to your favorite gun range, be prepared to evacuate the premises quickly in the event that he actually attempts to handle a firearm. WaPo firearms expert David A. Farenthold.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (991267)	1/1/2017 7:19:53 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By Stock Puppy Respond to of 1570751

Jose Vaca Comes Up Short in Bid for Darwin Award You have to die to win a Darwin Award, but California’s Jose Vaca still deserves honorable mention for trying his best: In a jailhouse interview with Eyewitness News, the rifle-wielding man who was shot by a Bakersfield police officer said he intentionally approached the officers with a gun to test a “theory” he had about police brutality. Jose Vaca, 29, had been driving down Oswell Street in east Bakersfield on Dec. 19 with a friend when he was pulled over by the officers. Inside his car was a rifle he had recently bought at an auction, which he said he planned to sell. As a convicted felon, he said he knew it was illegal to have the gun, but he decided to bring it with him as he exited his vehicle. Unsurprisingly, he was shot repeatedly. As for the theory he was supposedly testing, “I told my friend one day that I wanted her to believe all police officers are good,” he said, after his friend’s husband had been killed by police several months ago. … “First thing that came to my mind is I’m already going to get pulled over. I know they’re most likely going to take me in, but I’m going to need to try my theory real quick and see that it’s true, so she can believe there is good officers in the world,” recounted Vaca. Good officers are one thing. Officers who will let you approach them with a rifle after they have pulled you over are something different. Vaca was being held on $400,000 bail. He was booked on 11 criminal counts, including possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and participating in a criminal street gang. It is likely that the same taxpayers who are financing his incarceration picked up the tab for his medical treatment. Better luck next time on that Darwin Award.